Seismic Alert 29.08.2014:

The eruption started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, which is located in northern Vatnajökull,
just after midnight Friday, local time.

As reported on MP earlier this week, there have been some strong earthquakes associated with another point in the Bardarbunga complex which may explain a smaller initial eruption, being labeled as #Fissure eruptions:

Screenshots from a webcam set up by Icelandic telecom company Mila show the eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.

Meanwhile another Volcano erupts near Papua, New Guinea, Diverting Flights:

Published on Aug 28, 2014Volcano Erupts In Papua New Guinea Spewing Ash & Rock
A volcano erupted on Friday in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of local communities, seismologists and reports said.

Biological Alert 25.08.2014:

Breaking: Discovery of unrelated 'New Strain' of #EbolaHF in Congo

Two deaths in remote region of Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed as Ebola but "unrelated" to west Africa epidemic

Congolese health minister Felix Kabange Numbi said that two of eight samples taken from victims of a mystery fever had tested positive for Ebola. [The] two new cases had "no link to [the epidemic] raging in West Africa" and were different strains from one another. Photo: GETTY

The Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed its two first cases of Ebola this year, but claimed they were unrelated to the epidemic raging in four countries of West Africa.

Congolese health minister Felix Kabange Numbi said that two of eight samples taken from victims of a mystery fever had tested positive for Ebola.

"The results are positive. The Ebola virus is confirmed in DRC," Mr Kabange told AFP.

Speaking later on public television, he said the confirmation marked the seventh outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo, where the virus was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River.

But he said the two new cases had "no link to [the epidemic] raging in West Africa" and were different strains from one another.

Authorities immediately imposed a quarantine around the affected area in Equateur province near Jera, more than 750 miles northeast of the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said it was sending a crew to help handle patients in the area.

The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) meanwhile announced that one of its health experts, an epidemiologist, had been infected while working in Sierra Leone.The sobering news of Ebola's spread came as UN officials

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Seismic Alert 24.08.2014:

Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano has begun to erupt. No Ash is being released at this time, yet a Sub Glacial Eruption is in Progress.

The Airspace over the Volcano is closed and Red Alert issued for the area.
3D Live #QuakeMap and Live Video Stream below...

Iceland's Meteorological Office says a small lava eruption has begun underneath a glacier at the #Bardarbunga volcano, prompting the country to close the airspace over the volcano, the Associated Press reports. Seismic data showed ice melting beneath the Vatnajokull glacier, but it remains unclear if or when the eruption would break through the ice, sending ash and steam into the air. Scientists say it could take up to a day for the ice to melt - or the eruption might remain contained beneath Europe's largest glacier."The thicker the ice, the more water there is, the more explosive it will be and the more ash-rich the eruption will be," Icelandic Meteorological Office vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer said. - AP

The 3D map of earthquakes under Bárðarbunga.Twenty-four-year-old Icelandic programmer Bæring Gunnar Steinþórsson at CCP has set up a webpage showing the seismic activity underthe Bárðarbunga volcano, located under Vatnajökull glacier, in 3D.Bæring uses the data from apis.is, visir.is reports. The data gives the depth and magnitude of each earthquake as well as the GPS coordinates. “This makes it easy to work with the data,” Bæring said. His 3D graph shows the activity hour by hour and can be rotated to show the activity from different angles.The earthquakes have been continuing since the weekend and show no signs of letting up but there is also no sign of an eruption yet. The earthquakes have been below a magnitude 3.0 during the last 48 hours but before that there were some between 3.0 and 4.0. - Iceland Review - See more at: http://madtownpreppers.blogspot.com/#sthash.VD7l2rh7.dpuf

Iceland's Meteorological Office says a small lava eruption has begun underneath a glacier at the Bardarbunga volcano, prompting the country to close the airspace over the volcano, the Associated Press reports. Seismic data showed ice melting beneath the Vatnajokull glacier, but it remains unclear if or when the eruption would break through the ice, sending ash and steam into the air. Scientists say it could take up to a day for the ice to melt - or the eruption might remain contained beneath Europe's largest glacier.